2009 Topps Finest Team Collectors Break

It's been a while since I've posted and I've been wanting to post this for a long time. Though now that I'm posting again, I have a lot of things on my mind I'd like to write. I'll take it as I can.

Last week, I received the cards from the Team Collectors May Case Break - 2009 Topps Finest. I will the Twins share with my Tier 2, Aaron. Here is what I have from my half of the break.

Standard Base:





Refractors:



Blue Refractor #/399:


Green Refractor #/99:


In general, I have never been a big fan of Finest. I don't dislike Finest, but I won't exactly go out of my way to get Finest. Some people absolutely love Finest and more power to you.

As a Twins collector, I will certainly go after any Twins cards in the set.

That being said, Topps must hate the Twins. Out of a base set of 200 cards, there are only 4 Twins. They didn't even include the best closer in the game today, Joe Nathan. Compare that to the 8 Red Sox or the 11 Yankees, who placed third in their division last season. Are Yankees fans even clammoring over Xavier Nady? At least we were given more than the poor Pirates who only got Nate McLouth. In addition, there were no Twins featured as Rookie Cards or Finest Moments cards.

Normally, in our Team Collectors case breaks, we split the costs evenly between all teams. However, the collation of cards among teams was so lopsided that, for the first time, we priced the shares on a sliding scale. The Twins share was $14, thus, my half was $7. Still, not bad for $7 spent.

Number 9,000

Last week, I reached another milestone in my Twins Collection. The one below came from Matt, the Colorado Rockies Team Collector.



As many of you know, I receive the majority of my Twins cards from other collectors in the Team Collectors group. The way our group works is that I sent out my unwanted cards of other teams to the other collectors and they send me their unwanted Twins cards. What is unwanted by me might be wanted by someone else.

After joining the group about three years ago, I catalogued my Twins cards and came up with a list of just over 3,000 cards. Now my collection is about 3 times that and continues to grow.

Thanks to the Team Collectors!

Baby Boy Ready to Play Ball!

With the Team Collectors group, I've traded many nice cards and I've received many nice Twins cards in return. Sometimes, I receive something extra special. Aaron, the Dodgers collector, sent a very nice gift for my son.

Here is my one month old modeling his gift.



Thanks, Aaron!